Updated: Added details of a familiarisation event at BIS in support of the consultation.
This consultation is relevant to:
large UK registered extractives companies active in the mining, gas, oil...
The ports and docks website has been updated to include the following resources: Safety in docks ACOP (L148), Freight container approval – Arrangements in Great Britain (the Green Guide) and Freight container...
This publication covers safety in dock operations and is aimed at those who have a duty to comply with provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act. This includes people who control dock premises, suppliers...
Not long after the Christmas/New Year stand down, I received a request to support a structural survey of the Main Jetty at Road Bay in Anguilla, British West Indies. After a 15 second Google image search, I realised...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Barbados. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Barbados benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK ...
Circus FOI: copy of the licence issued on 20 March 2014 under the Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012 to Peter Jolly’s circus.
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Costa Rica. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Costa Rica benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Panama. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Panama benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and ...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Uganda. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Uganda benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and ...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Colombia. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Colombia benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK ...
Updated: updated list to reflect notice: Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Delisting)
HM Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in effect in...
The Department for Education board provides strategic and operational leadership of the department.
The heads of the department’s directorates and the Permanent Secretary meet regularly with the Secretary...
Updated: added Notice 110414 Terrorism and Terrorist Finance (Delisting)
Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1373 (2001). It denounced...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with the Philippines. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in the Philippines benefits and growth potential of the market trade between...
Updated: Updated edition of R&D expenditure document
The business plan sets out a number of indicators on knowledge and innovation. These have been chosen to help the public to judge whether our policies...
Updated: Updated edition of private sector employment share document.
The business plan sets out a number of indicators on enterprise. These have been chosen to help the public to judge whether our policies...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Indonesia. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Indonesia benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK...
The Dartmoor Steering Group (DSG) Chairman’s annual review letters replace the Dartmoor Steering Group annual reports.
Related information Dartmoor Steering Group annual reports Dartmoor Steering...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Slovenia. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Slovenia benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK ...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Spain. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Spain benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and Spain...
Medical specialist to support the development, planning and delivery of HSE’s strategic health initiatives, including working on priority issues with both internal and external stakeholders.
3,000 companies have taken part in week to encourage exporting.Small and mid-sized firms around the UK have announced 16 new export deals to countries across the world including Ghana, Colombia and Cambodia...
Helen Watson is an adviser for the Business Support Helpline, which is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm, on 0300 456 3565. You can also visit the website.Starting a business is exciting, but it can...
25 years ago, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest met to play each other in an FA Cup Semi-Final. In the tragic events which followed at Hillsborough Stadium, 96 fans lost their lives, hundreds were injured and...
Both the UK and US economies are recovering from the biggest financial crisis in living memory and the deep recession that followed it.
In the UK that recession was almost twice as deep as it was in ...
Updated: Response document added.
There have been long standing calls for the government to treat address data as a national asset that is free to use and re-use. People argue that the wider economic and...
Updated: Updated URL links to the green book chapters.
Meningococcal disease occurs as a result of a systemic bacterial infection by Neisseria meningitidis. Meningococci...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
...
These rules will allow the operator to operate a Part A low impact installation for the production of biodiesel at a specified location.
Updated: The guide has been revised for the summer 2014 census.
This document is designed to help local authority users complete and submit their school census 2014 returns using COLLECT (...
This guide includes information on:
registering a business in the UK financial support tax in the UK national Insurance intellectual property rights skills and recruitment locations infrastructure...
Updated: Updated version of the guidance document
The subject content required for GCE AS and A level specifications in science.
This agreement has been revised following wide consultation with departmental strategic partners and is intended to replace any previous versions.
Headteachers and teachers should read this guidance to help them maintain the security of the national curriculum tests and phonics screening check materials.
Updated: Updated version April 2014
This information is to help carriers check their passengers’ travel documents. It lists the countries and territories of citizens who need a visa for the UK.
Updated: Updated version on croatian casework: granting and refusing applications valid from 10 April 2014.
UK Visas and Immigration modernised guidance for how it tells Croatians or their families about...
Updated: Updated guidance on croatian casework: blue registration certificate. Valid from 10 April 2014.
UK Visas and Immigration modernised guidance for how it decide applications from Croatian for a ...
Updated: Updated guidance on croatian casework: family members. Valid from 10 April 2014.
UK Visas and Immigration modernised guidance for how it decides applications for documentation from Croatian families...
Updated: Updated guidance on croatian casework: purple registration certificates. Valid from 10 April 2014.
UK Visas and Immigration modernised guidance for how it considers applications from Croatians ...
Updated: Updated spreadsheet
Post-opening funding allows schools to cover essential initial costs, such as buying books and equipment, and to meet the costs arising as the school builds up its cohorts over...
Updated: New guidance on croation casework: application process. Valid from 10 April 2014.
UK Visas and Immigration modernised guidance for how decisions are made about an application from a Croatian national...
Survey FOI: results of Defra survey on producer organisations and co-operatives, including data downloads for collective responses for co-ops and producer organisations and other stakeholders.
Updated: Added updated version of all form.
Access to electronic copies of DBS forms, which were previously completed or accessed online by former users of the “chip and pin†service (IASS). These forms...
Updated: Updated guidance for licensed sponsors that are using the sponsorship management system (SMS).
This document is part of the bulk data transfer toolkit for licensed sponsors that are using the sponsorship...
To align with previous timetables, the June edition will be published on the last Thursday of the month (26th) rather than 19th as previously stated.
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Ecuador. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Ecuador benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and...
A team of researchers led by the nuclear physics groups at the University of Liverpool, STFC's Daresbury Laboratory and the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have discovered that nuclei can exist in special states...
The Human Tissue Authority has published its 2014/15 business plan and its three-year strategies
Nine workers at a ceramic tile factory in North Wales had levels of lead in their blood above national safety limits putting them at risk of serious health problems, a court has been told.
A Bolton charity has been prosecuted for safety failings after a nine-year-old boy with autism lost a finger when his left hand became trapped in a school door.
Glasgow City Council has been fined £20,000 following the death of a pensioner after he was struck by a reversing refuse vehicle in the city centre.
HSE has published new web resources on sensible risk management for local government. These web pages build on HSE’s approach to dealing with health and safety myths through the Myth Busters Challenge Panel.
Net rate of return on capital employed for UK private non-financial corporations (PNFCs) related to their UK operations. Sub-sector data are included covering UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) PNFCs, manufacturing ...
The 1pm to 8pm event at Abbey Pumping Station Museum on Corporation Road, Leicester, was jointly organised by the Environment Agency and Leicester City Council.
The key objective of the Leicester flood...
Baroness Kramer has visited Worcestershire to see how the county is recovering from the recent floods.
As the county’s Ministerial Representative for Flood Recovery, she met with representatives from ...
A school ranked among the worst in the country just over 2 years ago is now rated outstanding by Ofsted - one of the quickest turnarounds ever achieved.
Outwood Academy Portland’s principal, Dr Phillip...
50 paratroopers and medics from Army Reserve units worked alongside their regular counterparts in 16 Air Assault Brigade, in the biggest military exercise in Europe. Earlier in the week we published a ...
A court heard how a Barnstaple man caught more than 20 fish during an illegal fishing spree on the River Taw in North Devon. Beverley Nicholls concealed bass and trout in his kayak after netting them early one...
Updated: Added updated details about the scheme.
Information on eligibility criteria and offer details of the Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme.
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Canada. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Canada benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and ...
A map and directions on how to find the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in London.
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for waste operations, mining waste operations, installations, water discharge and groundwater activities.
These notices explain:
...
This letter provides information on:
the administration of business rates discussion paper
Updated: Added data files
This report assesses the levels of awareness and understanding of 24+ Advanced Learning Loans by providers, future learners and apprenticeship employers.
The annual Legal Aid statistics bulletin presents statistics on the information collected on each legal aid scheme administered by the Legal Aid Agency. It covers the two areas of work, crime and civil, alongside...
Updated: Added new meeting minutes of the 52nd and 53rd Dartmoor Steering Group.
Meeting minutes of the annual meeting of the Dartmoor Steering Group.
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Brazil. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Brazil benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and ...
Updated: Updated cheese production data.
This monthly statistics notice includes information on the volume of milk used by dairies in England and Wales in the production of drinking milk and milk products...
Updated: Updated information on movement testing monitoring.
This data set includes a range of other statistics relevant to the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle.
Incidents of confirmed...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Algeria. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Algeria benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Angola. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Angola benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and ...
Updated: The guide has been revised for the summer 2014 census.
This document is designed to help academies and other non-maintained school users, including special schools (NMSS), university technical...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Cuba. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Cuba benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and Cuba...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Egypt. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Egypt benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and Egypt...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with the Dominican Republic. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in the Dominican Republic benefits and growth potential of the market...
Updated: New briefing for 11 April 2014.
This document provides information on the groundwater situation for:
West Berkshire Wiltshire Surrey Windsor Maidenhead north east Hampshire Buckinghamshire...
Ministry of Defence (MOD) response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 7 April 2014 for incidents of Patello-femoral pain in service personnel by service.
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Chile. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Chile benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and Chile...
This regulatory guidance sets out the Environment Agency’s approach to determining whether an activity involving the permanent deposit of waste on land is waste recovery or waste disposal.
MOD response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) dated 9 April 2014 for:
the number of Royal Navy, British Army and RAF personnel who are unable to deploy on operations because they have been medically...
Updated: Guide revised for the summer 2014 census.
This document is designed to help school users complete and submit their school census 2014 returns using COLLECT (Collections Online - Learners...
Updated: The guide has been revised for the summer 2014 census.
This document is for all users entering school census 2014 data, who want to make minor edits in COLLECT before submitting their...
Jenny Hopkins, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London, said: "This case was charged under the Full Code Test of the Code for Crown Prosecutors following a review of the material from all three police investigations...
Sir Norman Bettison and alleged theft/handling of platinum – review of Derbyshire Police charging recommendation, conducted on behalf of South Yorkshire Police
The number of diving incidents has fallen to its lowest level in 21 years, according to the latest figures from the Coastguard.
There were 136 incidents in 2013, which included 10 fatalities.
...
The flood defence banks between Blakeney and Cley, and between Brancaster village and Brancaster beach suffered multiple breaches during the tidal surge in December. The damage was so significant that the footpaths...
The ICM Research survey shows that providing opportunities for young people to develop their interview skills and get some work experience under their belts, could help them secure employment.
Over half...
The government will fund places for 750 young Britons to travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina to learn lessons from the 1990s Bosnian war announces Minister for Communities Stephen Williams.
All those taking...
The Upper Tribunal has backed an earlier judgment which found that Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) should have been paid on the entirety of Reed’s employed temps’ salaries...
Brian Murray, Ross Bell, Lonnie Smith and Gary Salter, all from Kent, committed the multi-million pound fraud, claiming fraudulent VAT repayments for mobile phones and computer chips imported from Europe and ...
The Foreign Secretary said:
I would like to send my warmest wishes to Jewish communities in the UK and around the world as you prepare to celebrate the festival of Passover. Passover commemorates ...
Sports Minister Helen Grant has given her reaction to British Cycling’s announcement that Sir Dave Brailsford is to step down as Performance Director at the governing body and concentrate full-time on his role...
Register to get email updates from the DBS by signing-up to our e-database. You can tell us which sector you work in and what information you are interested in when you sign-up.
In the coming months...
Flood defences have been checked for damage and any repairs and maintenance that may be needed. Some of the worst hit flood assets were found along the South Coast, where flood defences were seriously put to ...
A joint team of RAF regular personnel from 90 Signals Unit, reserves and contractors have provided a backbone of information and communications technology skills in Afghanistan since operations began in...
Captain Hughes, thank you for inviting me to join you at the Honourable Company’s first seminar for mentors.
It is a pleasure and a privilege to be here with you all to celebrate the future of...
These people, aged between 18 and 30, will have overcome challenges in their lives, for example putting addiction or gang life behind them. They should be determined to build a positive future and inspire other...
Speaking at Bromley Magistrates’ Court in South London, Damian Green said that in future every magistrates’ court in England and Wales would operate completely digitally, with increased use of remote video links...
Ministry of Defence (MOD) response to a Freedom of Information request dated 13 March 2014 for department’s internal guidance on handling and processing Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
Tests EIRs: results of the badgers tested, costings of the 2 pilots, and the Independent Expert Panel’s (IEP) report on the humaneness of the killings of the badgers during the pilot culls.
Notes - EIRs request for a copy of notes taken by Defra officials during the IEP meeting on 9 November 2013.
IEP report EIRs: when did Defra receive the IEP report plus: whether the report was then subject to discussion or negotiation which led to substantive revisions being made; how many draft versions of the report...
Gassing - EIRs whether the 1982 Porton Down badger gas experiments have been used in any recent desk based assessments on the humaneness of badger gassing, and if so, whether Defra has made any request for or...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Mexico. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Mexico benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK and ...
Updated: New documents added: ILR validation rules 2014 to 2015: version 1 (11 April 2014) ILR specification 2014 to 2015 appendix B1, migration mapping from the 2013 to 2014 funding year to the 2014 to 2015...
The government is committed to setting new standards for transparency so the public can more easily see how and where taxpayers’ money is being spent and hold politicians, government departments and public bodies...
These fees are effective for all visa applications for the United Kingdom from 6-Apr-2014. The consular rate of exchange is 7500 Leones [SLL] to £1.
Ground-breaking play focusing on dementia care gets green light to tour
An optician states they do not replace lenses in branded prescription safety glasses for health and safety reasons. New frames must be purchased.
Restaurant staff inform customer that pork crackling cannot be served for health and safety reasons as it may splash the chef.
Today (11 April 2014) Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis announced that the government will extend the Council Tax discount to all flood victims for as long as they are unable to return to their homes.
Updated: Added information on the extension of the Council Tax discount
Government departments, local authorities and agencies are working together to do everything they can to help communities recover ...
Updated: Images added
Today, 10 April, His Royal Highness The Duke of York opened a new naval service recovery centre (NSRC) at Devonport naval base in Plymouth.
The NSRC is the first in the region...
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has built the much-needed facilities at Wattisham Flying Station, in Suffolk.
Ofsted-compliant, the new centre provides childcare for children aged...
Updated: 2 weeks left to give views on the Medical Innovation Bill consultation (runs to 25 April 2014)
The Department of Health is asking for views on whether doctors are being held back from using pioneering...
That is the message to drivers planning to use the new ‘smart motorway’ sections being introduced on the M25.
The smart motorways, between junctions 23 and 27 in Hertfordshire/Essex and between junctions...
Around 9 million pension savers will save for the first time or save more, due to reforms of workplace pensions with the introduction of automatic enrolment, around one million more than previously forecast.
You may be able to tax your vehicle in the historic vehicle tax class if it was built before 1 January 1974.
Updated: Added an update on year-end information to be provided by Monitor, NHS Pensions employer disclosure, PDC dividend calculation and an additional FAQ on the FT ARM.
NHS foundation trust finance staff...
Updated: 'Agile digital and IT projects: clarification of business case guidance' published
The Green Book is guidance for central government produced by the Treasury on how publicly funded bodies should...
Updated: Updated national partnership contact details.
DWP works on the topics of employment, pensions and ageing society and welfare. We develop strong and productive partnerships at a local, regional...
Release of transparency data for March 2014
Updated: Published a revised version of chapter 5 - Evidencing/Validating Payments
This provider guidance provides requirements and background relevant to all Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) employment...
Updated: Added Water mergers explanatory note
In parallel with the Consultation on the draft CMA Guidance, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) consulted on draft secondary legislation...
FOI release 29295
request the sources of information the Home Office require Capita to use in order to identify people who they consider to be living in the UK illegally who are then sent texts ...
FOI release 27582
the number of applications for indefinite leave to remain 10 years long residence received in November 2012. the number of applications received in November 2012 that have been completed...
Elemental Force shortlisted for national excellence award
From 5th May 2014 the MoD will be introducing prescription charges across BFG. This will be done in line with NHS (England) guidance.
For full details please see the Publications Page at...
Parliament has today (10 April 2014) published the proposed dates for the formal period for petitioning against the HS2 hybrid Bill. The Leader of the House of Commons, Andrew Lansley, has also confirmed...
The 4 regional winners are:
northern region – Pepsico central region – South Worcestershire College London and South East region – e2v Technologies southern region – QientiQThe 4 additional finalists...
1.3 billion bottles of Scotch Whisky were sold across the globe last year according to figures released today by the Scotch Whisky Association.
Exports increased by 3% and in value terms Scotch Whisky...
This release provides GVA data for LEPs from 1997 to 2012. This data is consistent with the Regional GVA release that covers the NUTS 1,2 & 3 regions of the UK.
Construction output is a monthly estimate of the output of the construction industry in both the private and public sectors. The estimates are a key component of Gross Domestic Product.
Today my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister will announce that 50 projects and programmes have been awarded a total of £300 million in round 5 of the regional growth fund (RGF).
This support...
I want to update the House on matters concerning UK Coal Production Ltd.
The directors of UK Coal Production Ltd (UK Coal) approached the Government at the end of January 2014 to report that they were concerned...
On 5 July 2012, Official Report, column 1085, the Defence Secretary made a statement to the House on the outcome of the Army 2020 review and laid out the future structure of the British Army. The announcement...
On 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 25WS, I announced in a written ministerial statement, the commencement of the triennial review of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (AFPRB). I am now pleased...
As part of plans to reform the education and skills systems we need better support to prepare young people for the world of work.
Today I am publishing revised statutory guidance, “Careers guidance...
I have today laid before the House a copy of the 2013 Foreign and Commonwealth Office report on human rights and democracy (CM 8842).
The report is a comprehensive assessment of the global human rights ...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 14 April. The Minister for International Security Strategy will attend the European ...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the informal Foreign Ministers meeting on 4 to 5 April in Athens, Greece.
The informal format of the Gymnich allows...
On 10 September 2013, the then Minister with responsibility for agriculture and food, the Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr Heath) made a written statement to Parliament announcing the triennial review of the...
The Government have committed, through the Welfare Reform Act 2012, to carry out an independent review of the personal independence payment (PIP) assessment within the first two years of operations.
I am...
The Environment Agency consult the public on certain proposals for the abstraction, impoundment and transfer of water.
These notices explain:
what the proposal is about which Environment Agency...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Brunei. The guide contains information on:
preparing to export how to do business in Brunei the challenges of doing business in Brunei business etiquette...
Updated: In section 5.1.2 the table has been amended to include the correct description for complexity of target information.
This framework is for contributors to the English reading key stage 2 national...
Updated: In section 5.1.2 the table has been amended to include the correct description for complexity of target information.
This framework is for contributors to the English reading key stage 1 national...
Updated: The phone number in section 7.2 has been corrected.
This departmental advice is for:
headteachers test administrators key stage 2 assessment co-ordinators special educational needs ...
A detailed guide on doing business in and with Argentina. The guide contains information on:
challenges of doing business in Argentina benefits and growth potential of the market trade between the UK...
A review of the rainfall and river flow data for England covering the 7 day period (Wednesday to Tuesday).
This report assesses the levels of awareness and understanding of 24+ Advanced Learning Loans by providers, future learners and apprenticeship employers.
This report covers the role of leadership and management in the future of the manufacturing industry up to 2050. It looks at the existing evidence base and considers how leadership and management could improve...
This interim report is the first publication from the 2-year study on the evaluation of teaching schools. It summaries emerging issues from the early development of case study teaching school alliances (TSA).
Medical specialist to support the development, planning and delivery of HSE’s strategic health initiatives, including working on priority issues with both internal and external stakeholders
A monthly series of the output of the construction industry in both the private and public sectors. Current price and chained volume measures not seasonally adjusted data by sector are published along with a quarterly...
Prescription charges
From 5th May 2014 the MoD will be introducing prescription charging across BFG. This will be done in line with NHS (England) guidance. The current...
Please find details of a course to prepare you to become a
Home Start Volunteer, starting in May 14.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer 'Read More' for full ...
To celebrate Home-Start Family Week, Home-Start have prganised a Station Families Day to Hollywood Safari Park on Wed 28 May.
Cost: €15 per family (non-refundable) which is payable ...
From 5th May 2014 the MoD will be introducing prescription charges across BFG. This will be done in line with NHS (England) guidance.
For full details please 'Read More'
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The UK will lead a major improvement in the way developing countries prepare for humanitarian disasters to avert future crises, International Development Secretary Justine Greening will announce at the World ...
This release provides GVA data for LEPs from 1997 to 2012. This data is consistent with the Regional GVA release that covers the NUTS 1,2 & 3 regions of the UK.
Construction output is a monthly estimate of the output of the construction industry in both the private and public sectors. The estimates are a key component of Gross Domestic Product.
Prescription charges will be introduced across British Forces Germany on Monday 5th May 2014. This will bring BFG into line with existing MOD policy. All charges and exemptions will...